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Spain and Latin America Escalate Drug Crackdowns as Police Expose Heroin-in-Pill Route From Colombia

Intelligence sharing with U.S. partners coincides with large seizures, lab dismantlings, and novel concealment tactics across multiple jurisdictions.

Overview

  • Spanish police report the country’s first interception of heroin pressed into pills, seizing 8 kg at Madrid’s La Gavia mall and jailing five suspects after a DEA- and Colombia-assisted probe now before the Audiencia Nacional.
  • Investigators in Madrid confiscated five phones, a vehicle, and approximately 100,000 USDT from a crypto wallet linked to the network while analyzing evidence for ongoing inquiries.
  • Argentina’s federal forces seized more than 1.198 tonnes of marijuana and nearly 60 kg of cocaine in northern corridor operations, with five detainees and cases under federal prosecutors.
  • Separate Argentine actions netted 200 kg of cocaine hidden in a vehicle’s double floor on Route 50 in Salta and 90 kg concealed inside cement blocks after a fleeing driver injured gendarmes and was captured in Chaco.
  • In Spain, a clandestine lab tied to cocaine adulteration and ‘tusi’ production was dismantled in Sorbas (Almería), yielding about 30 kg of drugs and three arrests, while Peru’s ‘Navidad Segura’ plan seized roughly 5 tonnes of illegal pyrotechnics in Lima and Mossos ran a Kanpai sweep with 12 arrests in Catalonia.